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INSECT TRAP.

No; 600,550. Patented Mar/15, 1898.

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UNTTET) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY O. NEWTON, OF CUTHBERT, GEORGIA.

INS ECT-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,550, dated March 15, 1898. Application med June 24, 1897. Serial No. 642,116. (Ncmodeh) useful Improvements in Insect-Traps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

. which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to insect-traps; and its object is to provide an improved construction of the same whereby flies and other insects will be attracted into a wire-gauze receptacle, from which they will escape into receiver which when filled or when desired can be removed and the insects killed, when it is again placed on the trap or receptacle for further use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of an insect-trap constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the spring-catches removed. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the meeting edges of the upper and lower sections.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the base of the trap, preferably rectangular in shape and formed with a rectangular elevated portion 2, concaved on its upper face to receive syrup or other material.

The numeral 3 designates a receptacle or trap comprising a wire-gauze casing and a rectangular frame 4, somewhat larger than the elevated portion of the base, so that there will be a space between its inner sides and the edges of said elevated portion. This frame is elevated slightly above the base and is held in place by spring-catches 4:, which consist of a single piece of wire bent over at the center, forming two downwardly-depending arms 5, then outwardly, forming arms 6, and then downwardly and inwardly, forming arms 7. These arms 7 are pointed and are driven into the sides and ends of the elevated portion of the base, and the lower sides of the frame rest on the arms 6, with the arms 5 bearing against the inner sides of the frame. Secured to the upper sides of said frame is a wire gauze bottom inclined downwardly, forming the center to the sides, and also from the ends toward the ends of the frame, and the ridge or upper end of this bottom is formed with openings '7.

The numeral 8 designates the casing of the receptacle, also made of wire-gauze and preferably inclining downwardly at each end toward the'ends of the frame, to the outer sides of which it is secured. There is an opening 9 in the upper end of this casing, and the latter is provided with a dish-shaped metal plate 10, having a coinciding opening. Engaging with this plate is a circular plate 12 of a sectional receiver 13. This plate is provided with an inwardly-extending flange 14, to which is secured the lower end of the lower section 15 of the receiver. This section consists of a semispherical wire-gauze shell, having its bottom bent inwardly and upwardly, forming a cone 16, formed with a hole 17 at its point or apex. The edge of the section is provided with a metal ring 18, with which engages a similar ring 19 at the lower edge of the upper semispherical section 20, also made of wire-gauze.

In practice a suitable quantity of syrup or other bait is placed in the concavity or recess in the elevated portion of the base, and flies and other insects Will be attracted thereby and enter the trap at the lower border of the frame and, crawling up the inclined sides of the wire-gauze bottom, will enter the receptacle through the holes or openings in said bottom. The insects will then crawl up the sides of the receptacle and will enter the receiver through the hole in the cone at the bottom thereof. When desired or found necessary, the receiver is removed from the trap or receptacle and the insects destroyed by burning or otherwise and removed therefrom, the upper section being removable for such purpose, as it is held to the lower section by frictional contact only.

A trap constructed as above will be found Very efficient in use, as there will be a large space at the bottom for the entrance of the insects, and the buzzing of the insects caught will attract others, which will also enter.

I do not limit myself to the shape of the trap, as it may be modified without departing from the principle of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is In an insect-trap, the combination with the base having an elevated portion concaved in its upper side, the spring-catches consisting of a piece of wire bent over at the center, and

then bent outwardly, downwardly and inwardly, and driven into the sides of the elevated portion of the base, of the receptacle 

